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Orgyia leucostigma (white-marked tussock moth)
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Identity
Top of pagePreferred Scientific Name
- Orgyia leucostigma (J.E. Smith, 1797)
Preferred Common Name
- white-marked tussock moth
Other Scientific Names
- Acyphas plagiata Walker, 1855
- Cladophora leucographa Geyer, 1832
- Hemerocampa leucostigma (J.E. Smith, 1797)
- Orgyia leucographa var. obliviosa Henry Edwards, 1886
- Orgyia leucostigma var. borealis Fitch, 1856
- Orgyia leucostigma var. intermedia Fitch, 1856
- Orgyia libera Strecker, 1900
- Orgyia meridionalis Riotte, 1974
- Orgyia oslari Barnes, 1900
- Orgyia wardi Riotte, 1971
- Phalaena leucostigma J.E. Smith, 1797
International Common Names
- English: tussock moth, white-marked; whitemarked tussock moth
- French: chenille à houppes blanches
EPPO code
- HEMELE (Hemerocampa leucostigma)
Taxonomic Tree
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- Domain: Eukaryota
- Kingdom: Metazoa
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Uniramia
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Lepidoptera
- Family: Erebidae
- Genus: Orgyia
- Species: Orgyia leucostigma
Distribution Table
Top of pageThe distribution in this summary table is based on all the information available. When several references are cited, they may give conflicting information on the status. Further details may be available for individual references in the Distribution Table Details section which can be selected by going to Generate Report.
| Country | Distribution | Last Reported | Origin | First Reported | Invasive | References | Notes | NORTH AMERICA |
| Canada | Restricted distribution | | Native | | Not invasive | Ferguson, 1978 | |
| -Alberta | Restricted distribution | | Native | | Not invasive | Ferguson, 1978 | |
| -Manitoba | Restricted distribution | | Native | | Not invasive | Ferguson, 1978 | |
| -New Brunswick | Restricted distribution | | Native | | Not invasive | Eidt & MacGillivray, 1972 | |
| -Newfoundland and Labrador | Restricted distribution | | Native | | Not invasive | West et al., 1987 | |
| -Nova Scotia | Restricted distribution | | Native | | Not invasive | Elgee, 1975 | |
| -Ontario | Restricted distribution | | Native | | Not invasive | Ferguson, 1978 | |
| -Quebec | Restricted distribution | | Native | | Not invasive | Ferguson, 1978 | |
| USA | Widespread | | Native | | Not invasive | Ferguson, 1978 | |
| -Alabama | Widespread | | Native | | Not invasive | Ferguson, 1978 | |
| -Arkansas | Widespread | | Native | | Not invasive | Ferguson, 1978 | |
| -Colorado | Restricted distribution | | Native | | Not invasive | Ferguson, 1978 | |
| -Florida | Widespread | | Native | | Not invasive | Dixon & Foltz, 1991 | |
| -Georgia | Widespread | | Native | | Not invasive | Ferguson, 1978 | |
| -Iowa | Widespread | | Native | | Not invasive | Ferguson, 1978 | |
| -Kansas | Restricted distribution | | Native | | Not invasive | Ferguson, 1978 | |
| -Louisiana | Widespread | | Native | | Not invasive | Ferguson, 1978 | |
| -Maine | Widespread | | Native | | Not invasive | Ferguson, 1978 | |
| -Maryland | Widespread | | Native | | Not invasive | Medina & Barbosa, 2002 | |
| -Michigan | Widespread | | Native | | Not invasive | Wilson, 1991 | |
| -Mississippi | Widespread | | Native | | Not invasive | Thompson & Solomon, 1986 | |
| -Missouri | Widespread | | Native | | Not invasive | Richard & Heitzman, 1987 | |
| -New Jersey | Widespread | | Native | | Not invasive | Ferguson, 1978 | |
| -New Mexico | Restricted distribution | | Native | | Not invasive | Ferguson, 1978 | |
| -New York | Widespread | | Native | | Not invasive | Ferguson, 1978 | |
| -South Carolina | Widespread | | Native | | Not invasive | Ferguson, 1978 | |
| -Texas | Widespread | | Native | | Not invasive | Ferguson, 1978 | |
| -Virginia | Widespread | | Native | | Not invasive | Ferguson, 1978 | |
| -West Virginia | Present | | | | | Hajek et al., 2004 | |
List of Symptoms
Top of page| Sign | Life Stages | Type | Growing point |
| external feeding | | |
| external feeding | | |
Leaves |
| external feeding | | |
| external feeding | | |
Whole plant |
| external feeding | | |
| external feeding | | |
Plant Trade
Top of page| Plant parts liable to carry the pest in trade/transport | Pest stages | Borne internally | Borne externally | Visibility of pest or symptoms | | Bark | eggs | No | Yes | Pest or symptoms usually visible to the naked eye |
| Stems (above ground), Shoots, Trunks, Branches | eggs | No | Yes | Pest or symptoms usually visible to the naked eye |
| Plant parts not known to carry the pest in trade/transport | | Bulbs, Tubers, Corms, Rhizomes |
| Flowers, Inflorescences, Cones, Calyx |
| Fruits (inc. pods) |
| Growing medium accompanying plants |
| Leaves |
| Roots |
| Seedlings, Micropropagated plants |
| True seeds (inc. grain) |
| Wood |
Wood Packaging
Top of page| Wood Packaging liable to carry the pest in trade/transport | Timber type | Used as packing | | Loose wood packing material | Crates | Yes |
| Solid wood packing material with bark | Crates | Yes |
| Solid wood packing material without bark | Crates | Yes |
| Wood Packaging not known to carry the pest in trade/transport | | Non-wood |
| Processed or treated wood |
References
Top of pageBryk F, 1934. Das Tierreich. 64(19):61-62.
Dixon WN, Foltz JL, 1991. Caterpillars that are not the gypsy moth caterpillar. Some forest Lepidoptera in Florida (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae, Lasiocampidae, Lymantriidae). Entomology Circular (Gainesville), No. 344:1 p.
Eidt DC, MacGillivray HG, 1972. Resistance of seven fir species to spruce budworm and other insects. Bi-monthly Research Notes, 28(1):2-3
Elgee E, 1975. Persistence of a virus of the white-marked tussock moth on Balsam Fir foliage. Bi-monthly Research Notes, 31(5):33-34
Ferguson DC, 1978. Noctuoidea, Lymantriidae. In: Dominick RB et al., eds. The moths of America north of Mexico (including Greenland), Vol. 22.2. London, UK: E.W. Classey.
Foott WH, Timmins PR, 1977. Observations on new insect pests of grain corn in Essex County, Ontario. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Ontario, 108:49-52
Grant GG, 1978. Field trials on disruption of pheromone communication of tussock moths. Journal of Economic Entomology, 71(3):453-457
Grant GG, McCarty L, 1977. Effect of age on calling behavior and mating success of whitemarked tussock moths. Bi-monthly Research Notes, 33(1):2-3
Guzo D, Stoltz DB, 1985. Obligatory multiparasitism in the tussock moth, Orgyia leucostigma. Parasitology, 90(1):1-10
Hajek AE, Strazanac JS, Wheeler MM, Vermeylen FM, Butler L, 2004. Persistence of the fungal pathogen Entomophaga maimaiga and its impact on native Lymantriidae. Biological Control, 30(2):466-473.
Medina RF, Barbosa P, 2002. Predation of small and large Orgyia leucostigma (J. E. Smith) (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae) larvae by vertebrate and invertebrate predators. Environmental Entomology, 31(6):1097-1102; 47 ref.
Richard J, Heitzman JE, 1987. Butterflies and Moths of Missouri. Missouri, USA: Missouri Department of Conservation.
Thompson LC, Solomon JD, 1986. The insect defoliator fauna of young sycamore plantations in the Mississippi Delta and its seasonal population development in 1981. Bulletin, Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station, Arkansas University, No. 897:24pp.
Thurston GS, 2002. Orgyia leucostigma (J. E. Smith), Whitemarked tussock Moth (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae). In: Mason PG, Huber JT, eds. Biological control programmes in Canada, 1981-2000. Wallingford, UK: CAB International, 201-203.
Tietz HM, 1972. An Index to the described Life Histories, Early Stages and Hosts of the Macrolepidoptera of the Continental United States and Canada. Sarasota, Florida, USA: A.C. Allyn.
West RJ, Cunningham JC, Kaupp WJ, 1987. Ground spray applications of Virtuss, a nuclear polyhedrosis virus, against white-marked tussock moth larvae at Bottom Brook, Newfoundland in 1986. Information Report - Newfoundland Forestry Centre, Canadian Forestry Service, No. N-X-257:10 pp.
Wilson LF, 1991. Location and condition of whitemarked tussock moth (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae) cocoons in a Michigan black walnut plantation. Great Lakes Entomologist, 24(3):153-157
Distribution Maps
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- = Present, no further details
- = Evidence of pathogen
- = Widespread
- = Last reported
- = Localised
- = Presence unconfirmed
- = Confined and subject to quarantine
- = See regional map for distribution within the country
- = Occasional or few reports